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Nvidia RTX Spark ‘Superchip’: The First AI PCs Are Here

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Nvidia’s RTX Spark “superchip” combines a Grace-based ARM CPU—either 20 cores paired with a 6,144-core Blackwell GPU or 18 cores paired with a 5,120-core GPU—and will debut in October. The first laptops featuring the chip include Lenovo’s 16-inch Yoga 9n and 15-inch Yoga Pro 9n, alongside Dell XPS 16, Asus ProArt P16, Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra and HP OmniBook X 14, all aimed at creators and AI users.

Written from all 4 reports below, not from any single one.

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  1. Wired·
    Nvidia RTX Spark ‘Superchip’: The First AI PCs Are Here

    Nvidia’s RTX Spark “superchip” pairs a Grace-based ARM CPU (up to 20 cores) with a Blackwell RTX GPU (up to 6,144 cores). It powers the 16-inch Lenovo Yoga 9n (0.69-in. thick, up to 64 GB RAM) and the 15-inch Yoga Pro 9n (up to 128 GB RAM, Force Pad stylus touchpad). Other RTX Spark laptops—Dell XPS 16, Asus ProArt P16, Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra, HP OmniBook X 14—target creators and AI users. Compact mini PCs like Acer’s SFF RTX Spark and Asus ProArt Mini PC also use the chip for on-device AI workloads.

  2. Engadget·
    Lenovo unveils two Yoga laptops with NVIDIA's RTX Spark

    Lenovo’s Yoga Pro 9n is a 15.3-inch laptop with NVIDIA RTX Spark (Grace CPU, Blackwell GPU), up to 128 GB unified memory, 4 TB SSD, 92.5 Wh battery, 140 W charger, and a 2.5K OLED panel at 48-165 Hz. The Yoga 9n 2-in-1 convertible offers a 16-inch 1.8K OLED screen, up to 64 GB unified memory, 2 TB storage, a 99.9 Wh battery, and identical ports. Lenovo also released two Yoga Tab Android tablets: the Tab Plus Gen 2 with Snapdragon 8 Elite, a 13-inch 4K display and Harman Kardon audio (~$1,000), and the Tab Gen 2 with MediaTek Dimensity 9500s (~$730).

  3. The Verge·
    Nvidia’s new RTX Spark laptops launch in October with two different configs

    Nvidia will launch RTX Spark laptops in October featuring its N1X Arm-based chip, which integrates a 6144-core Blackwell RTX GPU with a 20-core Grace CPU and 24 GB–128 GB of unified memory. The N1X will be offered in both high-end laptops and compact devices such as Microsoft’s Surface RTX Spa.

  4. TechMeme·
    Nvidia says the RTX Spark N1X launches in October in two configurations: a 20-core CPU with a 6,144-core Blackwell GPU and an 18-core CPU with a 5,120-core GPU (Andrew E. Freedman/Tom's Hardware)

    Nvidia announced that the RTX Spark N1X will ship in October, offering a 20-core CPU paired with a 6,144-core Blackwell GPU and an 18-core CPU paired with a 5,120-core GPU. The company also confirmed a $12.9 billion acquisition of the open-source AI platform Hugging Face, its second-largest deal after the $20 billion purchase of Groq assets.

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